ENOCH of New Jersey presents the 24th Annual Homeschool Convention

BIOGRAPHIES 2014

Andrew Pudewa -
Keynote Speaker

Andrew Pudewa is the founder, principal speaker, and director of the
Institute for Excellence in Writing. Presenting throughout North
America, he addresses—with clarity, insight, practical experience, and
welcome humor—issues relating to teaching, writing, thinking, spelling,
and music. His seminars for parents, students, and teachers have helped
transform many a reluctant writer and have equipped educators with
powerful tools to dramatically improve students' skills.

Although he is a graduate of the Talent Education Institute in Japan
(Suzuki Method) and holds a Certificate of Child Brain Development, his
best endorsement is from a young Alaskan boy who called him "the funny
man with the wonderful words." He and his beautiful, heroic wife Robin
are parents of seven, grandparents of five, and educators of their two
youngest children at home in Oklahoma’s Green Country.

Diane
Kummer - Keynote Speaker

Diane and her husband Tom homeschooled
their two children from kindergarten through 12th grade using a variety
of teaching options. Both of their children went on to college, and are
now well into their careers.

She joined the staff of Home School
Legal Defense Association nine years ago to help develop HSLDA’s
Homeschooling Thru High School program and website
(www.hslda.org/highschool
). As an HSLDA High School Consultant, Diane
regularly speaks nationwide at homeschool conferences and high school
symposiums where she shares from her experiences and her imperfect (but
real) homeschooling days! Her practical and encouraging high school
seminars provide information that inspires parents to continue teaching
their teens at home with confidence.

Diane enjoys writing articles (such
as regular columns for the Homeschool Enrichment and Court Report
magazines as well as other publications), brochures on high school
topics, and a monthly high school newsletter filled with helpful
tips. She reviews new resources, provides personal
consultation to HSLDA members, and has been a guest speaker on HSLDA’s
Homeschool Heartbeat radio program. Her weekly entries to HSLDA’s
Homeschooling Now Teaching Tips blog
(http://www.hslda.org/cms/?q=blog/teaching-tips
) provide parents with
timely high school information and advice.

Diane loves math and she continues
to tutor and teach high school math classes for homeschooled students.
In her free time, Diane enjoys teaching ladies’ Bible studies and being
involved in pro-life ministries.

Liz Moore - Featured
Speaker

I have been intensely involved in the pursuit of “health” since 1992
when I was diagnosed with Late Stage Disseminated Lyme Disease. I spent
16 years and countless 10′s of thousands of dollars searching for a
“cure”. The cure came in the form of redefining my nutritional
foundation and adding high quality whole food supplements by GNLD
International. Since 2008 I have been free of the disease and enjoy a
level of health that had evaded me for more than a decade. I considered
myself cured of the disease!

I am a board certified Nutritional Consultant and I completed all
coursework for a Doctorate of Naturopathy in 2011.

I am also a Director with GNLD/NeoLife Whole Food Supplements. GNLD is
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Mangelson, G.K. -
Special Constitutional Scholar

G.K.
Mangelson is a nationally recognized speaker and trainer. For the past
30 years he has lectured to thousands of attendees at hundreds of
conventions, conferences, and seminars with rave reviews. Mr. Mangelson
is currently writing the book Independence Forever! 4 Steps to Save
America. During years of extensive travel throughout America, Mr.
Mangelson has become a true patriot. He is now dedicating his time,
talents, and career to training and enlightening audiences everywhere
on how to protect and save our constitution and America’s future. Mr.
Mangelson is a founder of The Glorious Cause of America Institute and
serves on its board of directors. G.K. and his wife, Chris, are the
parents of seven children and presently reside on Amelia Island near
Jacksonville, Florida.

Alton, Bethany

Blogging, discipleship, and encouragement, three very important aspects
of Bethany Alton’s current ministry. Being the oldest and the
“experiment child” in her family, Bethany was homeschooled from the age
of 5 until being dual enrolled at her local community college at the
age of 17. Now, currently serving with Word of Life Fellowship, more
specifically the Bible Institute, Bethany uses her experiences to help
and encourage homeschooling parents make easier transitions from home
to college. According to her, being available for God to work is one of
the most valuable things you could teach your children, or even your
peers.

Chudkowski, Carrie

Stephen and Carrie Chudkowski have been homeschooling their 2 children
for 10 years. They had decided before their first child was born that
they would homeschool, in order to preserve their family values and
Christian beliefs in their children. Stephen is a doctor of
Chiropractic who is known in the community as a compassionate and
caring doctor who prays with his patients. His passions are the Lord,
his family and Chiropractic. The Lord called Stephen to the mission
field early in their marriage, which led to the founding of SONrise
Missions, a non-profit missionary organization, 8 years ago. He and
Carrie have traveled to Uganda every year to conduct ministry in a
remote village on the Nile River. Carrie and her family have been
attending Calvary Chapel Old Bridge for the past 17 years under the
teaching of Pastor Lloyd Pulley, and have enjoyed serving the Lord to
bless others. Carrie founded Open Arms Ministry, which organizes home
cooked meals for those in need, and served as Overseer for Pioneer
Clubs, the girls’ scouting ministry at CCOB, for 3 years. She served on
the Board of REACH homeschool co-op and has served on the leadership
team for CCOB Home Education Group for 6 years. Carrie is currently
serving on the leadership team for CREATE homeschool co-op, a ministry
of CCOB, where she teaches art to 4-12 grade students. She has also
been serving on the ENOCH committee, designing the marketing materials
for the ENOCH Homeschool Convention, for the past 4 years. Carrie has
been a professional fine artist for 23 years, with a focus on
commercial and private muraling and graphic design. She has poured her
passion for art into her art classes at homeschool co-ops and private
classes for 6 years, and has taught Kindergarten through High School
levels, ensuring that her students have a thorough knowledge of the
arts while enjoying the process. She will continue to serve as the
Spirit leads, with a desire to see Art taught in every homeschool.

DeWees, Kerry

Kerry DeWees is a
homeschooling parent with a passion for leadership.
Recognizing
the need for developing young people into influential leaders, Kerry
desires to use his background and interpersonal skills to equip parents
for this monumental task. Kerry has a Masters of Divinity
from
Biblical Seminary, over 15 years experience in youth ministry and has
held senior leadership positions in both non-profit and business
organizations. In addition, he is a certified coach, teacher
and
speaker for The John Maxwell Team.

Dyson, Gregory

With Eternity in Mind”, Greg
signs his correspondence with this phrase. Its how he enjoys life- Greg
met his sweetheart, Gina over 29 years ago in upstate NY. As they raise
their 3, homeschooled children, they are enjoying serving the Lord. A
graduate of Word of Life Bible Institute and Cedarville University,
Greg has pastored churches in NJ, MA and NY, Dean of Admissions at Word
of Life Bible Institute and the Interim Pastor at FBC of
Northcreek/Minerva NY. When not with his family, Greg enjoys
ministering in diverse environments. Greg is the Founder of Lion's Den
Outreach Center in Indian Orchard, MA reaching out to unchurched youth.
When not sharing the Word of God, Greg loves riding his Honda Goldwing
while singing at the top of his lungs (but he's not a very good singer).

Kemmerer, Susan

Susan Kemmerer is the
author of the highly acclaimed book, Homeschool
Supermom...NOT!. She
and her husband Dale have, by God's grace, been homeschooling their
nine children for twenty five years - with 6 graduated and 3 to go (or
8 more years of homeschooling ahead!). Susan has authored a
number of
textbooks, including "Apples Daily Spelling Drills for Secondary
Students" and "Research in Increments." She has had articles
published
in several homeschool periodicals, and has spoken at support groups
conferences across the country. In her spare time, Susan
enjoys
reading, writing, and needlework. Besides being with their
children
and grandchildren, the Kemmerer's love spending time in fellowship with
the believers in their local church, Grace Community Church of
souderton. Dale and Susan (along with their children) run
their
business, Schoolhouse Publishing, from their home in Franconia, PA.

Lynch, Cindy

Cindy Lynch has a degree in
psychology from Rutgers University and specialized training in
organization. Cindy is a member of the National Association
of
Professional Organizers and has been an Officer of the Northern New
Jersey Chapter for several years. She now serves as the
Chapter
President. She is also a member of Faithful Organizers, a
group
of Christian organizing professionals.
Cindy works with
individuals and organizations through her company, HiTin Consulting,
LLC, to help increase their productivity. She also gives
devotional presentations to groups. Cindy’s passion is to
help
people serve the Lord in a more productive way, this may include
helping to create a less stressful environment in the home, working
with a Board to manage an organization more effectively, providing a
ministry with strategies to use their space more efficiently, or
helping an individual use their time more productively.
Cindy serves
in a number of ways in her local church including coordinating a youth
mission trip to inner city Philadelphia. She is also a
volunteer
inner-city worker for an international children’s ministry and on its
North Jersey Board of Directors.

Meekins, Tom
& Julie

Tom and Julie
Meekins have a ministry called March Forth Family. They are also the
Special Needs Specialists for the National Center for Biblical
Parenting. They offer coaching to parents and a community where you'll
find nurture, support, and care in your journey. Working with children
who have specific challenges can be draining at times. Tom and Julie
know what it's like to agonize over realizing that what they were
currently doing wasn’t helping their kids. They know about sleepless
nights wondering if they were going to make it through the next day
with their sanity intact. They know the bone-weary exhaustion of
keeping on when there was no ounce of strength left in their bodies.
They know the loneliness of experiencing things their friends knew
nothing about. They also had the privilege of participating in the
miracle of their children making progress. Sometimes it was agonizingly
slow - but they now have the privilege of seeing the results of their
hard work. Their 3 children are vibrant and happy and growing young
people able to do exceedingly more than could ever have been imagined.
Tom and Julie have made a commitment to dedicate the rest of our
professional lives to helping families navigate the scary world of
raising a challenging child. What they did made a significant
difference in the lives of their children and countless other children
-- they are committed to bringing that to other families.

Miller, Ed

Ed is married to Joanne Miller
and they have two grown sons. Joanne is the author of 12 books and
co-founder of the National Center for Biblical Parenting. Ed graduated
from the University of Delaware with a BAAS in Arts and Science 1977.
He started as a campus staff member with InterVarsity Christian
Fellowship in the fall of 1977. Ed has focused on leadership
development, disciple-making, evangelism and ministry training on a
number of college and university campuses throughout New Jersey. He
also served as the Area Director for InterVarsity in Central/South New
Jersey for 14 years before becoming the Assistant Regional Director for
the New York/New Jersey Region. InterVarsity provided a number of
sabbatical periods during Ed's 30 plus years of service. He was able to
do Biblical and Theological studies at Regent College in Vancouver,
Alliance Theological Seminary, and Princeton Theological Seminary. Ed
is a good friend of Scott Turansky. He and Scott pastored a church
together for eight years and their families have enjoyed living in the
same neighborhood and vacationing together. Ed leads the National
Center for Biblical Parenting development of strategic partners. He
also leads the team of family ministry consultants and speaks to
parents.

Ridley, Heloise J.

Heloise Ridley helps
parents and caretakers "Get off the crazy cycle...and onto a path of
peace". She has been in ministry for over 20 years and holds a BS in
Chemistry from Lincoln University and a MBA in Marketing and
International Business from Penn State University. She has
also
received significant training and hands-on experience in various forms
of ministry including counseling, coaching, and children’s
ministry. Her “Parent and Family Support Services (PFSS)”
helps
families create and maintain a more secure CHARACTER-BASED Internet
Safety Net. This safety net protects children online wherever they go.
PFSS is one segment of the Ridley family's ministry called
"SuperNatural Kids and Youth" (SNKY) that trains the next generation to
BURN in their HEARTS for God with abandon. As a Parent Coach and
Educator, Heloise loves to help caretakers who need inspiration and
information on issues ranging from those "difficult teenage years" to
the milder “potty training days". Her goal is to teach families to
recognize and overcome parenting challenges with practical skills and
tools and a clear understanding of God's role as Partner and "Heavy
Lifter" in the process. As Children’s Pastor, “Auntie Lo-Lo” (as she is
referred to by the kids), works with children and youth in Inner City
Easton, PA to enable them to perform better in school, understand their
identity and role as children of God, and develop a sense of purpose
and achievement. Heloise and her husband Rodney reside in Pennsylvania.
They have been homeschooling their 6 children for over 16 years. They
have one child in college and two other teens aka “Maxis”, one "Captain
of the Minis” an 8yr old son, and funny pre-school twins aka “the other
Minis”. For enjoyment, Heloise writes and occasionally
teaches
Marketing classes at Strayer University. Her most recent joy was her
contribution to a bestselling book called God's Miracles: True Stories
of Healing and Restoration. She blogs at http://ParentingTwinsandMore.com,
http://HeloiseRidley.com
and http://Chrisitan-Children.com.

Roth, S. Moshe

Dr. Roth is an Optometric
Physician and is certified by the New Jersey Board of Optometrists to
prescribe topical and oral medications. He is Board Certified in Vision
Development and Vision Therapy by The College of Optometrists in Vision
Development. He sees patients of all ages, infants, children, adults,
and seniors, for comprehensive eye health, treatment of eye disease,
and for vision care. He provides Vision Therapy to enable
children and adults address vision problems that affect reading and
learning, overcome strabismus and amblyopia (Lazy Eye), Convergence
Insufficiency, Autism, and Brain Injury.
Orthokeratology
enables individuals to obtain vision correction without surgery, even
for children that are becoming rapidly more nearsighted. He prescribes
special contact lenses for Keratoconus, post refractive surgery
problems, dry eye, etc. http://www.Beyond2020.com.

Schroll, Sandy

My degree in elementary
education from Cedarville University has prepared me well for the
academic rigor of homeschooling, however, much more has led me to
follow God’s leading to teach our children at home. My
husband,
Bryan, and I began this journey when our oldest, Laura, (a sophomore at
Cedarville) entered fourth grade. Her academic challenges
triggered our decision, but we have continued to school our three other
biological children (Alyson – 16, Matthew – 12, and Madison – 9) as
well. Our four foster children (ages 10, 5, 4, and 2) cannot be
schooled at home yet. Public school is the only option for
our 10
year old, and the 5 and 2 year old children are in a local preschool.
The 4 year old is home with me. I have taught all grades from
preK through high school, though higher level math and science have
been outsourced to private tutors or Christian school where we have
been blessed to participate on a minimal basis in order to enjoy the
privileges of sports, testing, field trips, and other class
activities. Our two oldest daughters have also
enjoyed the
privilege of dual enrollment classes through Cedarville. Our
academic method can be described as traditional, but
eclectic.
Though academics are essential, discipleship has been
imperative.
Having my children at home has led to innumerable opportunities for
conversation, direction, and growth. I consider it a
privilege to
use my ability to teach in our home to benefit our children.